Synopsis

The chapter begins with characters discussing the upcoming martial arts festival and dismissing the Azure Dragon Academy as perennial losers, contrasted by the rising White Tiger Academy. An instructor from the Vermillion Bird Academy then insults the Azure Dragon Academy, prompting an intervention from Azure Dragon instructors. The conflict escalates when the Vermillion Bird instructor demands the other cuts off his tongue as punishment, eventually resulting in a physical confrontation being initiated by Vermillion Bird Academy towards the Azure Dragon instructors.